Yellowdig: Share and Discuss

Yellowdig is an online pinboard used for sharing and discussing content. If your course is using Yellowdig, you can access your board by going to Canvas and selecting Yellowdig in the left-side navigation. Join the discussion by adding your own pins, commenting on other people's pins, and voting on comments and pins.

Receiving Canvas credit for a Yellowdig assignment

If your participation in Yellowdig is a graded assignment, you must connect your activity in Yellowdig to Canvas in order to receive credit. There are two ways to do this:

In Canvas assignments, click on the assignment tied to your Yellowdig grade. When you access Yellowdig in Canvas, you will now see a message in the points module reading "Grading enabled and configured".

On the Yellowdig board, in the points module, you will see the message, "Grading not configured. Fix this". Click "fix this" to connect to Canvas.

Accessing Yellowdig on Mobile Devices

Tablet Access

Yellowdig is integrated in the Canvas mobile app for iOS and Android, but this view of Yellowdig is not optimized for smartphone screens.

Tip: when viewing Yellowdig in the Canvas app on a tablet, it can take a few seconds for the content to load. Be patient!

Yellowdig Help

If you still have questions about Yellowdig, you can get help right from your class board. In the bottom right corner, click Help and type your question. You can also go directly to Yellowdig's help center: http://help.yellowdig.com/